---
type: "Bill"
title: "Livingston - Subject to local approval, moves the day of municipal elections from the first Wednesday to the first Tuesday in June to coincide with state and national elections; removes prohibition on compensation for aldermen. - Amends Chapter 130 of the Acts of 1907; as amended."
description: "Livingston - Subject to local approval, moves the day of municipal elections from the first Wednesday to the first Tuesday in June to coincide with state and national elections; removes prohibition on compensation for aldermen. - Amends Chapter 130 of the Acts of 1907; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1547"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1547 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livingston"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80979535-49ec-43ab-bcc3-ee812cf7ad80"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1547&GA=113"
source_hash: "539d276e23ab1ff1da066fc11ecc9a70bad80179a6037225ad2b25b6f4bbb5ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 1547 (113) — Livingston - Subject to local approval, moves the day of municipal elections from the first Wednesday to the first Tuesday in June to coincide with state and national elections; removes prohibition on compensation for aldermen. - Amends Chapter 130 of the Acts of 1907; as amended.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1547.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/13/2023 3/9/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/16/2023 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2023 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butler — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2023
- **2023-03-09** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/13/2023
- **2023-03-13** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Pr. Ch. 7

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80979535-49ec-43ab-bcc3-ee812cf7ad80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).